Conservation Geoportal - Overview

Overview

The Conservation Geoportal constitutes a collaborative effort by and for the conservation community to facilitate the discovery and publishing of GIS data and maps, to support conservation decision-making and education. It does not actually store maps and data, but rather the descriptions and links to those data resources. These descriptions are known as metadata. It was intended to provide an efficient point of access for people interested in a full range of conservation-related GIS data. Capabilities of the Conservation Geoportal included:

• Search for data and maps by keyword, category, geography, or time period
• Save search queries for future use
• Use the built-in Map Viewer to display, manipulate, and combine live map services
• Map viewer supports OpenGIS standards (WMS, WFS, WCS) and ArcIMS services
• Create, save, and email custom maps using data from various web map service
• Publish metadata for maps and data so others can find them
• Featured Map section
• Content in designated thematic data channels
• Share information with other geoportal